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8:18 Media: Companies use existing stereotypes to gain profit

This is part 2 of the article on gender based consumerism. “Pink tax” is a way that companies profit from existing stereotypes and gender based cultural discrepancies. This is a system where companies just need to keep the belief going to profit off of it, but what are some ways that ...

‘Pink tax’ part of society’s pressure on women to be caregivers

Editor’s note: This is part one of a two-part series. By ELEANOR DOHRENWEND 8-18 Media Marketing is obviously successful. But what makes it so successful? And how much of it is evolved around gender? What gender-based differences are there around shopping, and how do marketers use ...

Congo radio station tries to stop spread of misinformation on ebola

BUNIA, Congo — The rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that Congo is battling took locals by surprise after weeks of spreading unnoticed. Hundreds of cases were suspected when Congolese authorities announced the outbreak on May 15, but many dismissed the news as a "Western conspiracy." At least ...

Astronauts take shelter during space station repair

NASA on Friday temporarily ordered astronauts to take shelter during repairs to fix a fresh leak aboard the International Space Station. The five astronauts moved into the SpaceX capsule that is docked at the station while cosmonauts worked to fix the leak, which is on the Russian side of ...

Study: Wildfires add to US smog levels

WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds. Scientists say climate change deserves ...

Artemis 2 marks our grand return to Moon

This year is a grand year of record-breaking history already, since this is the first time in over 50 years that humans have returned to the Moon. Space exploration has begun again! This new spacecraft, Artemis 2, has traveled from Earth, around the Moon, and back. The crew on this ...